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This balance is primarily due to the significant portion ofnon-single family homes in the county. In contrast to the. State and the above Triangle communities. 20,243 of the County's estimated 46,322 dwelling units are either multi-family units or manufactured homes. This relative balance. between single-family dwellings, mobile homes and multi-family units, found on the county level changes as rural and municipal housing supply is examined independently. Nineteen-ninety census data reveals that multi-family housing is largely concentrated within municipal portions of the County. As of the 1990 Census, 96% of all multi-family housing was located in County municipalities. The overwhelming majority of this multi-family housing was located within the municipal limits of Chapel Hill and Carrboro. When aggregated. these two towns account for 96% of the 11,920 multi-family units found in the County's four municipal areas (Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Hillsborough and Mebane). In contrast the 1990 census reveals that manufactured housing, a.k.a. mobile homes, are concentrated in rural portions of the County. An estimated 72% of all manufactured housing as of March 1990, is located in rural Orange County. Within rural Orange Eno Township contains the largest number of manufactured homes (891), followed by the rural portion of Chapel Hill township (850), Bingham (780) and the Waal portion of Hillsborough (744) Township. The distribution of single family housing represents a significant departure from that of multi- family and mobile homes. Fifty-one percent of the of the County's 20,819. total single family units are located in rural areas. The numerical difference between the amount of single family dwellings located in municipalities and those in rural Orange is 491 dwelling units. Building activity since April 1990 reveals that within the last eight years the spatial distribution of multi-family and manufactured housing dwelling has changed little, if anything historic distinctions between rural Orange and municipalities have intensified. The following table outlines the spatial distribution of County dwellings built between April 1990. and March 1998. Spatial Distribution of Orange County Dwellings by Percent of Dwelling Units, March 1990-April 1998 Single Multi- Manufactured Family Family Housing MUNICIPAL** 58% 100% 1 RURAL 42% 0% 99% 100% 100% 100% Source: Orange County Planning Dept. * * Municipal refers to area for which a town has permitting authority. This differs from Census definitions which delineate municipalities based on their corporate limits In addition to the varying location of Orange County's housing supply analysis reveals that there is noticeable difference within Orange County's rental and owner occupied housing supply. Based on the 1990 Census the overwhelming majority (75%) of rental properties in Orange County contain a maximum of 2 bedrooms. This is in contrast to owner occupied dwellings in Orange County, of which 74% contain three or more bedrooms. Using census total for Chapel.. Hill Township as a measurement of the variability in bedroom size in the Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro, it appears that 84% of rental properties contain 2 bedrooms or less, while 61 % of owner occupied dwellings have more than 3 bedrooms. 11